Journal of Special Education Technology
1982 Volume 5, Number 4
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 19
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Research on Multimedia Access to Microcomputers for Visually Impaired Youth
S G. Ashcroft
A project is underway which is examining tactual, auditory, and visual approaches to giving visually impaired students access to microcomputers. A three-module student instructional program, a... More
pp. 12-15
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The Trace Center International Hardware/Software Registry: Programs for Handicapped Students
Mary Brady
The Trace Center (University of Wisconsin) has assembled a registry of hardware/software programs and adaptations for the handicapped user. The registry contains information on augmentative devices... More
pp. 16-21
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Intellectual Prosthesis: Reality or Dream for the Severely/Profoundly Retarded Person
James R. Lent
Developments in artificial intelligence have relevance for the education of severely/profoundly retarded persons by enhancing the learning of facts, principles, skills and concepts and by providing... More
pp. 22-24
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Microcomputers in Special Education: Trends and Projections
Charles L. Blaschke
The article highlights trends in priority user needs and market information on microcomputer hardware/software for special education. Among trends noted are significant increases in microcomputer... More
pp. 25-27
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Least-Appropriate Hardware with Software for Students with Cognitive, Motor, and Perceptual Handicaps
Kathleen M. Hurley
The article reviews computer applications in special education (drill and practice, tutorial programs, simulations, gaming, discovery, and problem-solving programs) and suggests approaches for... More
pp. 28-30
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Trends in Microcomputer Application in Special Education
Susan E. Elting
Project EduTech, designed to provide technical assistance to state and local education agencies, has analyzed current uses of microcomputers in special education (noting the primary emphasis on... More
pp. 31-32
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Development and Applications of User Produced Interactive Videotape Instructional Materials
Payne & Janice Antonow
The authors describe their efforts to evaluate the effects of low- and high-level computer-manipulated interactive video instruction with mentally retarded students. Potential applications for... More
pp. 33-36
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Contingency Intervention with the Help of Microcomputers
Richard P. Brinker
A microcomputer-based system for providing contingency intervention for handicapped infants provided an environment in which children's actions produced clear consequences and the relationships... More
pp. 37-39
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Uses of a Portable Microprocessor-Based Communication System and Personal Computers in the Instruction of Persons with Severe Physical Disabilities
Wesley R. Wilson
The Alternative Communication System Project pilot tested a microcomputer-based communication device with five physically disabled students (8-15 years old). Ss exhibited a high level of accuracy... More
pp. 40-41
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A Learning Model for Computer Reading Programs
John H. Hollis
A learning/cognitive model for computer-based instruction in reading is designed to ensure the development of comprehension based on functional analysis of single-word reading. Six reading tasks ... More
pp. 42-44
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Applying Microcomputer Technology to Investigations of Communication Skills in Severely Hearing Impaired Children
Robert T. Fulton
A computerized audiovisual communications system requires only a touch response by young difficult-to-test hearing impaired children. The system focuses on single word reading comprehension and... More
pp. 45-46
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A Laboratory Data Collection Microcomputer for Handicapped Science Students
David Lunney & Robert C. Morrison
A microcomputer-based Universal Laboratory Training and Research Aid (ULTRA) provides meaningful laboratory access to blind students and students with upper limb disabilities. Using ULTRA, blind... More
pp. 51-52
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Student-Use Projects under Development by the Instructional Media Production Project for Severely Handicapped Students
Three student-use instructional materials products for severely handicapped students are described. Two are instructional microcomputer software packages (one on spatial orientation and sequencing ... More
pp. 54-58
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Spreading the Word (Logo) Fearlessly
Joan R. Forsdale
The advantages of LOGO, a computer language, in the education of severely handicapped students are seen to include ease of programing and widespread use. Videotapes have been developed to help... More
pp. 61-64
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Computer Assisted Telecommunications: SpecialNet, an Expanding Resource
Robert Campbell & Sharon Walsh
SpecialNet, a computer-assisted telecommunications network for special educators, provides national and state bulletin boards on such topics as early childhood, policy, deafness, and rural... More
pp. 65-68
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Arc-Ed Curriculum: Applicability for Severely Handicapped Pupils
Jerry D. Chaffin
The Arc Ed Curriculum uses video game formats to teach math and language arts content. Four motivational features (feedback, improvement, high response rates, and unlimited ceiling on performance... More
pp. 69-70
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Software Publication Considerations and Special Education
Victor E. Fuchs
Market factors surrounding computer software in special education are examined, including proliferation of computers in schools, widespread marketing and distribution patterns for software,... More
pp. 71-74
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Using Technology to Teach Writing and Reading Skills
R Wilburn Clouse
The "Writing to Read" program uses microcomputers to teach a phonemically consistent alphabet, thus allowing children to write words phonetically while learning to read. Because the system requires... More
pp. 75-76
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The Timex-Sinclair 1000 as a Low Cost Communicator
William F. Tracy
A gestural-assisted menu-driven communication system for motorically impaired persons was developed using a low-cost microcomputer with adaptations and adjustments to hardware and software. (CL) More
pp. 77-80